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Jan les Farmer Resigns As Assistant Head Of Welfare Unit Words of Wisdom Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. — Eric Hoffer VOLUME 49 No. 49 IVA ACP Plans Mop-Up Legal Program 38 . \ ~ ml £ k ffiM ™ bl fl E fl * I I A » tl in I I ■ t&Jsgs- I % V - V^ ;,, .-... EVERYBODY'S HAPPY— This is a happy group of NAACP workers. They have something to be happy for. They are shown at St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church, on the night of De cember 3rd, when the Durham Nigh t." Life membership plaques were presented to the persons holding them, for hav ing paid $500.00 for life mem bership. Front row, 1-r: J. C. Nixon Accepts Widely Known N WASHINGTON James Far-j mer. most widely k iown Negro official in the administration, resigned Monday in a manner obviously intended to discour age speculation that there had been any break with the Presi dent despite some past criti cisms of Nixon policies. The outgoing assistant secre tary of the Department of Heatlh, Education and Welfare, met for 26 minutes with Presi dent Nixon at the White House. Presidential press secretary Ronald L. Ziegler then made public an exchange of letters and told newsmen Farmer is leaving "on a very, very good l Community Agencies Combine to Provide Holiday Youth Program Policeman Indicted In Fatal Shooting Of Negrro Youth WASHINGTON—A Columbus, Ohio, policeman was indicted last week in the fatal shooting of a Negro youh during a bur glary invesigation. Attorney General John N. MitchtU said 1 an indictment charging Patrolman Robert A. Morgan with summary punish ment was returned in the Unit ed States District Court in Co lumbus. The indictment said Morgan shot and killed Charlie J. Cook, Jr., 18, on Ntw Year's Day, 1970, in violation of teenager's civil rights. , launches Nationwide Attack On Civil Rights Woes Faring Negro COLUMBUS, Ohio NAACP General Counsel Nathaniel R. Jones announced in a press conference here that the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People will launch a nationwide legal attack on the myriad remain ing civil rights problems facing the Negro. The program will begin offi cially with a seminar at Ohio State University's "Center for Scarborough, III; J. W. Hill, who received the plaque for St. Joseph's Church; Mrs. Mary Perry, Wendell, chairman, Life Membership Division, N. C. Conference of Branches; M. S. Clark, selected to receive for Mt. Calvary United Christian Church and Councilman C. E. Lightner, Raleigh, who phose to receive his plaque in Dur ham. On the back row is Alex I ' I JH tm W P - - IM FARMER A number of Community Agencies are •combining forces with the teenage youth of Dur ham to provide a concentrated holiday program of recreation opportunities. The YMCA, YW CA, Salvation Army Boys' Club, John Avery Boys' Club and the City Recreation Depart ment are joining efforts along with teen agers in planning a number «f special events on December 28, 29 and 1 30. The project is designed to provide a variety of interesting activities over the Christmas and New Year holidays for youths between the ages of 13 and 19. The agencies cooperating in this city-wide effort are all co operating agencies of the Unit (Sec COMMUNITY page 12A) Tomorrow" December 11 and 12. Invitations to participate have been extended to all law yers within the state. Mr. Jones said that the NA CP had picked Ohio to launch the campaign because the state was best by all the problems against which the Association will fight. These include the maladministration of justice, discrimination in employment, segregated education, and un €b* Caitjija Ctmig ander Barnes, president, Dur ham Branch; E. B. Muse, na tional chairman, Life Mem i bership Division. New York, who made the presentation, and W. M. Gilliam, chairman of the 1970-71 membership i drive. Not shown, but report ed as having paid the entire s sum in less than two months, • is Edward Armstrong, Fayet ■ teville Road. basis" in his relations with the chief executive. Farmer's letter of resignation said he wants to leave his post, effective Dec. 21, because of personal consideration and add ed "I greatly appreciate the opportunity I have had during the past year and a half to fur ther this administration's ef forts on behalf of the Ameri can people, particularly blacks and other minorities." Nowhere in his four-para graph letter did l Farmer indi cate any disillusionment with Nixon racial policies and, in conclusion, the founder and former head of the Congress of Racial Equality, told the (See FARMER page 12A) Rep. Julian Bond to Address 'Save Black Schools' Dinner Fri. GREENSBORO—The Honor rable Julian Bond, Black Geor gia state legislator, will be the featured speaker at a "Save Black Schools" benefit dinner to be held l at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro, on Friday, Decem ber 18. The event is being sponsored by the Student Organization for Black Unity (SOBU) and will also have addresses by Rep. Henry Frye of the North Caro lina state legislature, Pres. L. C. Dowdy of North Carolina A&T and Nelson N. Johnson, national chairman of SOBU. Rep. Bond was elected to tne Georgia state house in 1965, being thrice refused his legiti mate seat because of his oppo (See BOND page 12A) fair housing practices. The state also has as resi dents a large number of peo ple who have been involved in past efforts to improve the civil rights picture, he said. The combination of these two factors make Ohio an ideal place to begin. The head of the NAACP's legal staff said that, in the months ahead, similar pro grams will be launched DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1970 "Strength Of Panthers Exaggerated 99 Wilkins Refutes Statement ot J. Edgar Hoover KANSAS CITY, Mo. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's charge that the Black Panthers are the nation's most dange rous revolutionists has been called "exaggerated" by Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in response to a query by a reporter at a news con ference here. "There are," he said, "only about 1,000 Panthers in the United States. Mr. Hoover's statement that they are the most dangerous element in so ciety is exaggerated." The NAACP leader, here to address the annual Freedom Fund dinner of the Kansas City NAACP, said the Black Panthers are "following a brand of Chinese communism," addingt that if law enforcement agencies "keep pilloring them they will only raise sympathy other black persons and young white people." Speaking to 1,000 guests at the dinner meeting, Mr. Wil (See WILKINS page 12A) 500 Attend VEA Conference on Drug Education RICHMOND, Va. When teachers find out about a stu dent with a drug problem, they are usually not equipped to handle it themselves. Dr. Herbert A. Raskin, asso ciate professor of psychiatry, Wayne State University, De troit, Michigan, told Virginia Education members at a drug education conference in Wil liamsburg that "no single per son, group or agency can cope with a case of drug abuse." He suggested that it takes the combined effort of many to find the answers. Throughout the December 3- 5 conference, 500 teachers and administrators from 102 of 130 Virginia localities heard sug gestions from drug abuse ex (See DRUG page 12A) I mi "m J xm K i I HmM m PROJECT E. A. R. N.— l. Max millian Martin (left), president of the Berean Savings and Loan Association of Philadel phia, looks on as George V. Whitford (2nd from left), vice president of Reliance Insurance Co. hands check representing $20,000 deposit to Robert Hor TOPS WASHINGTON CLUBS I N MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS The Continental So ciety of Washington, D. C., which has been raising and distributing to needy children more than SIO,OOO a year since 1953, won out over 150 other Stith Gets Position Housing and Urban Development David W. Stith, President of Southeastern Business Col lege for the past 15 years, has been appointed to the position of Director of the office of Contract Compliance and Em ployment Opportunity with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The announcement was re leased this week from the of fice of Fred Hickling, Deputy under secretary of HUD for Equal Opportunity. Stith will assume his duties in the $30,000 a year post on January 5, 1971. Hickling said that Stith would be working out of the office of the Assistant Secre tary for Equal Opportunity. He will be the main Equal Opportunity representative ton, executive vice president of Berean Savings and Loan and Miss Susan Bates, teller. The deposit represents the Reliance Insurance Company's participa tion in Project E. A. R. N., a social action project for the member companies of the In organiaztions recently at the Capital Press Club's "IN" Book Salute Banquet before 800 guests. At left, Mrs. Mary Brame, vice president of the Continentals, and Sherman Briscoe, executive director of tth National Newspaper Pub- R STITH with the business community in developing and promoting greater participation of the business community in the problems of equal opportuni ty. (See STITH, page 12A) surance Information Institute. Project E. A. R. N. (Economic Advancement th rough Re sources for Negroes) is con cerned with providing vital economic assistance to Negroes and building "green power" in the Negro community. The Golden One is Coming YOUR WAY IN 1971 For The Important Date WATCH THESE COLUMNS Ushers Association, hold' the Organization of the Year Tro phy awarded to her group. Trophy has been named for Mr. Briscoe in recognition of his origination of the "IN" Book which lists over 300 Washington clubs and organiza NCCU'S Center May Have Saved College Careers North Carolina Central Uni versity's Academic Skills Cen ter will be three years old in February—and more than 50 seniors whose college careers were probably saved by the program have every reason to extend birthday greetings. In 1968, the freshmen and sophomore who were selected for the program then called the Tutorial Center—were in danger of being forced to leave school, with average of D or worse. By June, 1969, 96 of the 1967-1968 freshmen were still in school. By June 1970, 73 of the 90 students eligible to return for the year were still in school. Mayor Howard Lee Men's Day Speaker at West Durham Bapt. Mayor Howard N. Le« of Chapel Hill will be the Annual Men's Day speaker at the West Durham Baptist Church, Sun day, Dec. 13, at the 11:00 a.m. service. The speaker was born in Lithonia, Ga. where he receiv ed his public school training. Upon graduation, Mr. Lee at tended Clark College with a major in Chemistry, and later graduated from Ft. Valley State College, Ft. Valley, Ga. with honors. He was drafted by the U. S. Army in 1959, and served two years, spending more than one year in Korea. Following his release from the military, he worked for three years as t Juvenile Probation Officer In the Juvenile Domestic Rela tions Court in Savannah, Ga. 1964, Mayor Lee moved to Chapel Hill to e.iter the Grad uate School of Social Work at thtt University of North Caro lina, and graduated with the i Masters Degree in Social Work, 11966. PRICE 20 CENI9 tions At right, Ghana's Am bassador E. M. Debrah and Miss Ethel L. Payne, Washing ton correspondent for the Sengstacke newspapers, and president of the Press Club, seem pleased with awards cere monies. Educators to Hold Two-Day Meet in City More than 50 community college presidents, deans, trus tees, and educational develop ment officers from three South ern states will meet in Dur ham Dec. 10-11 to discuss "edu cational accountability." The two-day meeting at the Downtowner Motor Inn is spon sored by the Regional Educa tion Laboratory for the Caro linas and Virginia (RELCW Dr John E Roiseche, director of ; RELCVs junior and commu nity college division, will pre side at the meeting. The participants, including 11 presidents, will represent the 19 two-year institutions in RELCV's community college consortium. Speakers will include Dr. Richard Wilson, associate exe cutive di rector, American As (See EDUCATORS page 12A) 1: ' -M Bv«:" ? or VKMi I^H MAYOR I IB His wife is the farmer Lil lian Wesley of Savannah, Ga., They are the proud parents ol three children. Committee for Men 'a Day: B. N. Harrington, Cb airman; Thurman Prescott, Co-Chair man; Junious Blake , Juam Pratt, Ernest Stanm , Jam* Davis, and John Robe raon, F. D. Terry, Minister,
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